#iG29RoadtoEternity - Thank you Blog
Neo and I received our official wedding raw photos and we thought it would be nice to take this blog post as an opportunity to share some of our great pictures while also thanking so many people.
Our wedding
was a heartfelt one, reflective of our personalities. It was an opportunity to glorify God and to bless our guests with our love
and compassion. It was serene and solemn, but not without laughs, tears of joy and cute
little moments.
All in all, we wanted to highlight LOVE, love that waits and love that shines.
All in all, we wanted to highlight LOVE, love that waits and love that shines.
We’ll
start with a huge thank you to God Almighty for an answered prayer. Marriage is
a gift – an amazing blessing from above. Thank God for giving us the power to
love well, for the countless perfect moments, for the gift of relationship,
family, good health and financial blessings.
Thank God for
every imperfection, every personality quirk. For in every blemish He has shown His
strength and He keeps us together. We thank God for the huge grace to change
our heart somehow, to ‘let go and let God’ (especially both Neo and I were
hands-on during the wedding preps, so we know when something was like…duh?!).
Next, thank you to our video graphers and photographers, Exige Weddings (of Niceprint Photography), for the amazing job they did capturing the sights and sounds on our special day. You can watch our 4-minute preview film here:
Their package includes, 40-page
storybook, 2 parents
album coffee book, prenuptial shoot w/ concept and location shoot (3 set-ups),
10x8 coffee book style guestbook, 20x24
blow up photo canvass in special frame, on-site photo slideshow, on-site video
editing, Studio on Wheels
photo booth (view here)... and more…
Nice Print Photography & Exige Weddings
Website: http://www.niceprintphoto.com/
Unit 206 Emerald Place 604 Shaw Boulevard, 1100 Mandaluyong
+632-6365505 / 6333812 / 6385206/ +639178642377 (call only)
Nice Print Photography & Exige Weddings
Website: http://www.niceprintphoto.com/
Unit 206 Emerald Place 604 Shaw Boulevard, 1100 Mandaluyong
+632-6365505 / 6333812 / 6385206/ +639178642377 (call only)
Nice Print
Photo Studio
SM Mega Mall, 5th Floor Building B
SM Mega Mall, 5th Floor Building B
Thank you to our hair and makeup artist, Cel Sabile and her team, who accentuated all of the girls’ natural beauty and making everyone’s hair look festive and special.
Website: http://celsabile.blogspot.ae
Contact Person: Ms Cel Sabile
Contact Details: touchupsabile@yahoo.com / +63 918-967-0792 / +63 917 5518808
Contact Person: Ms Cel Sabile
Contact Details: touchupsabile@yahoo.com / +63 918-967-0792 / +63 917 5518808
Our Ceremony and Entourage Florist, Forget me Knot. Neo and I didn’t want to spend too much on the flowers since the venue is beautiful on its own. Ceremony flowers were all white and low arrangements (no pillars, lamps or tulle swags). Entourage flowers, Ate Janet worked very hard to provide us a package certainly within our reach. We saved a lot of pesos with her help! (Take note: we had a big entourage!)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/FORGETMEKNOTFLOWERS
Contact Person: Ms Janet Q. Villanueva
Contact Details: forgetmeknotflowers@gmail.com/ +63 917 5212633
Contact Person: Ms Janet Q. Villanueva
Contact Details: forgetmeknotflowers@gmail.com/ +63 917 5212633
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| St Francis of Assiss Chapel, Fernwood Gardens |
Where would we be without our venue – Chapel and Reception? The Fernwood Gardens in Quezon City, we were astounded by its beauty. This is my dream chapel, small as possible but packed with people we love and love us. (I preferred to see people's reactions right after the door opened). There are ferns and other garden plants everywhere, adding magical feeling to the place.
Note:
Fernwood has accredited caterers and florist. But it's worth it! (Thank you to Barry and Ivy Corpuz for the special discounts and sponsorship)
Website:
http://www.fernwoodgarden.com
Contact Person: Ms Sharon Velarde
Contact Details: sharon_v01@yahoo.com / +63 917 8049143
Contact Person: Ms Sharon Velarde
Contact Details: sharon_v01@yahoo.com / +63 917 8049143
More photos
of the venue here.
Thank you to our On-the-Day Wedding Coordinators, my friends, our CFC full time workers, Maan Mallari Aguirre, Ma Monina Quimpang, Sherryl Canlas, Junie Romero and Ruel Aguirre, for making sure our day ran smoothly and that everything was in the right place.
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| our end-of-party photo from Junie’s iphone |
We have so much respect and admiration for Msgr Allen Aganon and Father Joel Jason, who made our wedding ceremony so special.
Their
details: http://ireneograce.modwedding.com/site/pages/91915802
The Harmonya:
The String Ensemble of UPLB, as our wedding choir and for serenading us during
reception. For my nieces: Nica and Alyana for singing our favorites songs. For
my nephews: Daniel and Alvin for sharing their time and talents as their wedding
gifts to us. (sayang I don’t have the video)
Website: https://www.uplbosa.org/upharmonya
Location: Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines
Location: Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines
Thank you
to Juan Carlo Catering for keeping our guests well-fed. Food and drinks are
often remembered by the guests so it is pertinent that the menu be well-thought
of and tasted before ordering them, we had 2 food tastings! They look expensive
(since most celebrity weddings get their service) but thank God that they had a
special promo with lots of freebies (bridal car, styling, cake, backdrop,
centrepieces, 2 additional pasta, 3 additional desserts, choco fountain, etc) when we did our inquiry! We wanted a reputable caterer that
would not disappoint since most of our savings was allocated to the reception
=)
Website:
http://www.juancarlo.ph
Contact Person: Ms Baby
Contact Person: Ms Baby
For our cute cake topper, thank you Fadge Cakes for this wedding gift.
For Chris
Tevar, our liturgical commentator and reception emcee. Thank you for the sharing with
us your God-given talents.
Our wedding was a busy day filled with people we love and adore. Thank you for being an important part of this day!
Thank you Mama and Neo’s siblings. Thank you for raising him to be the person he is today and supporting us throughout our courtship, engagement and married life.
Thank you to all our Godparents for standing as our principal witnesses, for guiding us in our married life and in our faith and for teaching us to love like Joseph and Mary.
Complete list of Ninong and Ninang here.
We were honored to have our Godparents, Ninong Noli and Ninang Sam Manuel giving their wedding messages and leading the whole crowd to pray over us…
Our bridesmaids were with us every step of the way throughout the wedding planning process, and we loved having them stand by our sides on our wedding day.
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| Jeanette, our Matron of Honor (my best friend) and JR, Neo's household member |
To our Little Ones, we love you! Because of your parents’ love to us,
they said yes for you to be part of our entourage. You are all cute and
lovable.
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| Sleepy head, Jebel (Neo's nephew) |
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| The Hunk, Neil (my nephew) |
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| Mommy Michelle and super cute Agatha (THANK YOU!) |
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| This is what you call - being a WOMAN. My niece, Angela. |
Thank you to all of our guests for celebrating with us, understanding us in many ways, for saying yes to wear Barong (especially for the first timers!), for spending their day with us despite and in spite of, for praying with us, for loving us and being in our lives.
Thank you
very much for spending some of your precious time with us. Your presence just
added an extra joy and beautiful moments to our wedding day.
Thank you you also to those people who weren't able to join us but helped and supported us, paved the way for us and prayed with and for us. Maraming salamat po.
Thank you you also to those people who weren't able to join us but helped and supported us, paved the way for us and prayed with and for us. Maraming salamat po.
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| Entereso family |
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| my cousins and pamangkins |
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| Estrellado family |
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| Estrellado family and my pamangkins |
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| Acla Family |
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| Baniel and Mame families |
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| with Baniel and Mame families |
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| with SFC C2 family |
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| with my high school barkada |
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| with Harmonya with Santos Family (Neo's officemate) |
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| haha! perfect! |
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| with CFC and SFC friends |
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| with CFC and SFC friends |
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| with Kuya Levi and Sharon Acla Nocum (Neo's sister) who helped us processing our wedding docs |
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| with Ninong Eller and Ninang Aida Tadeo |
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| with Ninong Noli, Ate Sam and Mico Manuel |
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| With Lolo and Lola Betty |
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| With Lolo and Lola |
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| With Ninong Bads and Ninang Agnes Ellica |
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| With Kuya Kenneth and Mama |
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| With Tay and Nay |
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| With Ninong Dan and Ninang Lucena Espedillon |
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| With Ninang Jocelyn Quizon |
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| with Ninong Toni and Ninang Monina Andres |
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| Let's get cwazzzyy with the Aclas |
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| His niece. My cousin. |
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| and the winners are... |
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| Mother and Son dance (Wind Beneath Neo's wings) |
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| Father and daughter dance (look at Nanay!) |
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| Acla Family |
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| Neo's pamangkin: Karl, Timmy, Jade and Irah |
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| Acla Family |
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| Acla Family - my new family |
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| Entereso family |
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| Neo and Grace's friends |
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| Brother and Sisters of my Tatay |
And finally, a personal thank you to my husband, Neo, for being so loving, kind, funny, and everything he is to me. For in you, I have found an ally. Thank you for revealing yourself to me. For being God's channel of love and joy. Our wedding day was a blast, and I look forward to all of the fun and adventures we’ll experience together throughout the rest of our lives.
To God be the glory!
Our wedding website: http://ireneograce.modwedding.com
Save the date: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuK57GLEXzY
Complete list of suppliers: http://ireneograce.modwedding.com/site/pages/91727791
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